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Old 07-21-2017, 05:48 AM
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Default Blue algae reports..... How is pigeon doing this year ?

I have not found any up to date info on google on which lakes have Blue Algae this year. Is there a site ? or do we need post our findings here .
I did find one , in the list it said Thunder lake has blue algae. But I was told by a co-worker it is clean.
Lets keep this list going.

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Old 07-21-2017, 06:05 AM
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http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/news/bga.aspx

Lots of lakes that have it never make the report as well.
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Old 07-21-2017, 11:53 AM
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http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/news/bga.aspx

Lots of lakes that have it never make the report as well.
I was surprised...or maybe I shouldn't be by Moose lake. Thanks for posting the link.
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Old 07-21-2017, 12:04 PM
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I was surprised...or maybe I shouldn't be by Moose lake. Thanks for posting the link.
Moose lake has had advisories every summer for a few years now. I fish it but I don't let my kids swim in it.
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Old 07-21-2017, 03:38 PM
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Garner Lake is another one that surprises me with the blue green. considering its only slightly Eutrophic. I guess there are several farms around.
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Old 07-21-2017, 03:39 PM
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Moose lake has had advisories every summer for a few years now. I fish it but I don't let my kids swim in it.
moose Lake was Terrible last year. I didnt even want to put my foot in it. let alone my kids or dog.
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Old 07-21-2017, 05:26 PM
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How is pigeon lake doing ?
It used to have blue algae.
How about this year ?
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Old 07-21-2017, 07:46 PM
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Default Pine Coulee blue algae warning

I see Pine Coulee has a warning up today. Should make foe fun for all the bonkers trying to clean the place out.
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Old 07-21-2017, 07:49 PM
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Moose lake has had advisories every summer for a few years now. I fish it but I don't let my kids swim in it.
Yeah, with the almost total shore line development is the big contributor.
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Old 07-21-2017, 10:04 PM
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Not only that but it's completely surrounded by farm land and at one time was used as a septic pump out. Nice view but I wouldn't pay to live there lol.
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Old 07-24-2017, 08:05 PM
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not trying to start anything, but does anyone have an answer for the OP? as in 'is there a problem with blue green algae at Pigeon right now'?
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Old 07-24-2017, 08:37 PM
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You can GUARANTEE pigeon will bloom nasty. Almost 95% developed or agricultural land surrounding it, shallow, warm, euthrophic and a history of year after of year of dirty/nasty/stinking blue green algae. Most of the old developments on the lake have septic will leaching fields toward the shoreline.

I don't go there anytime after June.

South Buck also gets green every year.
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Old 07-25-2017, 09:28 AM
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You can GUARANTEE pigeon will bloom nasty. Almost 95% developed or agricultural land surrounding it, shallow, warm, euthrophic and a history of year after of year of dirty/nasty/stinking blue green algae. Most of the old developments on the lake have septic will leaching fields toward the shoreline.

I don't go there anytime after June.

South Buck also gets green every year.
Yeah, I would imagine...sigh. Well, at least we don't have the crazy hot weather like down south. We also have a good amount of low overnight temps and decent rain. It has been a solid year that way...so far.
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You can GUARANTEE pigeon will bloom nasty. Almost 95% developed or agricultural land surrounding it, shallow, warm, euthrophic and a history of year after of year of dirty/nasty/stinking blue green algae. Most of the old developments on the lake have septic will leaching fields toward the shoreline.

I don't go there anytime after June.

South Buck also gets green every year.


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Old 07-25-2017, 01:25 PM
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I thought there was a PhD Candidate who was doing research using vertical plastic tubes in Lake Nakamun to test the theory that the lack of iron in our waters was the reason for the Blue Green Algae on the prairies, where the same nutrient rich water in Ontario has none?

This was a news article last summer, but that seems to be the end of it.

Has anyone any information on what came out of that project?

Iron powder is relatively easy to obtain, and if you could swing back a lake like Pigeon, or St. Anne, I think you would find support for the idea.

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Old 07-25-2017, 01:48 PM
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I thought there was a PhD Candidate who was doing research using vertical plastic tubes in Lake Nakamun to test the theory that the lack of iron in our waters was the reason for the Blue Green Algae on the prairies, where the same nutrient rich water in Ontario has none?

This was a news article last summer, but that seems to be the end of it.

Has anyone any information on what came out of that project?

Iron powder is relatively easy to obtain, and if you could swing back a lake like Pigeon, or St. Anne, I think you would find support for the idea.

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Interesting research project. If you do find anything on this post it up. Who knows maybe the iron inhibits (or neutralizes) something that prevents (reduces) the catalyst which triggers of rapid growth and development of the stinkin' algae.

It's hard to imagine you would be able to add enough to a lake as big as pigeon where all the agriculture and septic nutrients would be effected though. you'd probably have to dump 100's of rail cars of the magic dust.... lol.

And .... are there other residual unwanted effects.

Interesting - keep us posted if you hear anything.
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Here's a link to that article
http://edmontonjournal.com/news/loca...ovincial-lakes
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Old 07-26-2017, 08:22 AM
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Makes you wonder about exchanging one bad thing for another that becomes just as bad or worse. What is good is at the end of the article:

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“This is not a silver-bullet solution. It needs to be used in conjunction with cleaning up sources of phosphorous in the watershed,”
It would be great to see Alberta Environment take on a project lake with drastic change to land use to reduce phosphorous first. See if we can stem the tide. Maybe then with reduced they could try a treatment of lower amounts of iron and continue the change to land use. Big steps but someone has to take them.
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Old 07-26-2017, 08:28 AM
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I was on Pigeon in Mulhurst yesterday. Water wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The walleye were still cruising the flats somewhat which was also surprising. I would have swam in it had I brought shorts.... it wasn't great but no blooms that I could see. Just your typical, green summer water.
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Old 07-26-2017, 08:41 AM
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I was on Pigeon in Mulhurst yesterday. Water wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The walleye were still cruising the flats somewhat which was also surprising. I would have swam in it had I brought shorts.... it wasn't great but no blooms that I could see. Just your typical, green summer water.
Thanks! I assume then no floating whites where you were?

I'm hopeful that the rain and colder temps are keeping it at bay or lower then previous years and will keep hoping.
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Old 07-26-2017, 09:31 AM
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Thanks! I assume then no floating whites where you were?

I'm hopeful that the rain and colder temps are keeping it at bay or lower then previous years and will keep hoping.
I never saw any dead whites, no.

Here's hoping too!
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I was on Pigeon Lake last Saturday and the water was fine. I did not see any dead whitefish but my dad said he saw a couple the day before. The last couple of years the water has been better, with blooms not appearing until maybe mid-August. But with the hot weather this week there is a chance there could be a bloom this week. The Lake could use another two feet of water in general, that is the bottom line.
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Old 07-26-2017, 05:34 PM
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It's the warm water temp and lower oxygen levels that kill the Whitefish not the algae blooms directly.
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It's the warm water temp and lower oxygen levels that kill the Whitefish not the algae blooms directly.
Don't algae blooms contribute to low oxygen lvls?
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